Brian Heyman is a highly decorated sports journalist, having won more than 30 awards in his career. He returned to The Journal News in January 1994 following two stints with this Gannett newspaper's forerunners in the '80s. His first stint began when he joined The Reporter Dispatch on a free-lance/part-time basis in March 1983. Born in Sleepy Hollow, Heyman grew up in Ossining and graduated from Ossining High. He graduated Magna Cum Laude from Ithaca College with a degree in communications. He now lives in Manhattan with his wife, Karen.